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Nneka Mobisson
Nneka is an Igbo given name which can also be a shortened version of the Igbo name Nnemkadi. It is a feminine name, pronounced "NEH-kah". It means "Mother is great, mother is supreme." Notable people with the name include: * Nneka Egbuna, Nigerian-German singer and songwriter * Nneka Egbujiobi, Nigerian-American lawyer and former cast member on ''The Real Housewives of Potomac'' * Nneka Ezeigbo, Nigerian basketball player * Nneka Jones, Trinidadian artist and activist * Nneka Isaac Moses, Nigerian presenter, fashion designer, and the co-founder and managing director of the African cultural show, Goge Africa * Nneka Ogwumike, American basketball player with the WNBA's Seattle Storm * Nneka Okpala, New Zealand athlete * Nneka Onuorah Nneka Onuorah (born 1988) is an American director and producer. She is best known for her directorial debut, ''The Same Difference'' (2015), about Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities, gender roles in the Black lesbian community. She recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igbo People
The Igbo people ( , ; also spelled Ibo" and historically also ''Iboe'', ''Ebo'', ''Eboe'', / / ''Eboans'', ''Heebo''; natively ) are an ethnic group found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. Their primary origin is found in modern-day Abia State, Abia, Anambra State, Anambra, Ebonyi State, Ebonyi, Enugu State, Enugu, and Imo States, while others can be found in the Niger Delta and along the Cross River. The Igbo people are one of the largest List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups in Africa. The Igbo language is part of the Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language family. Its regional dialects are mutually intelligible amidst the larger "Igboid languages, Igboid" cluster. The Igbo homeland straddles the lower Niger River, east and south of the Edoid languages, Edoid and Idomoid languages, Idomoid groups, and west of the Lower Cross River languages, Ibibioid (Cross River) cluster. Before the period of Colonial Nigeria, British colonial rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka (singer)
Nneka Lucia Egbuna (born 24 December 1980) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress. She sings in English, Igbo language, Igbo and Nigerian Pidgin. Early life Nneka Lucia Egbuna was born and raised in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, to a German mother and Nigerian father. She is the youngest of four siblings. When Nneka was two years old, their German mother abandoned the family. When her father remarried, his new wife tortured and terrorized the children of the first marriage, especially the two youngest—Nneka and her brother, Anato—in an effort to make their lives intolerable. In 1999, she relocated to Hamburg, her mother's home city. At first, she lived in a residence for asylum seekers close to the airport. Later, she moved into communal housing for youths. She learned German very quickly, and after a year and a half, she completed her high school diploma at a secondary school that had a graduation track for non-native speakers of German. After graduating from high sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Egbujiobi
Nneka Colleen Ihim ( Egbujiobi; born September 12, 1987) is an American lawyer, and the founder and CEO of Hello Africa. She was a main cast member on ''The Real Housewives of Potomac'' for its eighth season. Early life and career Egbujiobi was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Igbo parents Leo and Bridget Egbujiobi and raised in Beloit, Wisconsin. Her father Leo is an interventional cardiologist and philanthropist. Her parents immigrated from Okija, Ihiala, Anambra State, Nigeria to the United States in 1979. Egbujiobi graduated from University of Michigan with a degree in English language and literature, before receiving a Juris Doctor from University of Wisconsin Law School in 2012. She became an attorney, practicing in Pasadena, California. During her time in University of Michigan, she was a university correspondent for CNN. She created the online dating platform Hello Africa after briefly practicing law. Egbujiobi has worked as a correspondent for Beloit Daily News and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Real Housewives Of Potomac
''The Real Housewives of Potomac'', abbreviated ''RHOP'', is an American reality television series that premiered on January 17, 2016, on Bravo. Developed as the eighth installment of ''The Real Housewives'' franchise, it has aired nine seasons and focuses on the personal and professional lives of women living in and around Potomac, Maryland. The cast of the recent ninth season consists of Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby, Karen Huger, Wendy Osefo, Mia Thornton, Keiarna Stewart and Stacey Rusch, with Jacqueline Blake and newcomer Jassi Rideaux serving as "friends of the housewives". Other previously featured cast members include Katie Rost, Charisse Jackson-Jordan, Robyn Dixon, Monique Samuels, Candiace Dillard Bassett and Nneka Ihim. Production Seasons 1–3 Initially titled ''Potomac Ensemble'', ''The Real Housewives of Potomac'' was announced on November 11, 2015. The series is the network's second attempt to develop a reality series based in the Washington, D.C. area. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Ezeigbo
Nneka Ezeigbo is a Nigerian basketball player for the Robert Morris Colonials. Early life Ezeigbo was born to a Jamaican mother and a Nigerian father. Raised in Ewing Township, New Jersey, her father died of cancer while she was a student at Notre Dame High School. She has two siblings whom are Chukwuka (her elder sister who played basketball at Marshall University and Obi (younger brother who is currently playing football at Gannon). Career In 2019, Ezeigbo was named the Northeast Conference Defensive player of the year, she became the second player at the Colonials to earn this honor after Angela Pace. Awards and honors Ezeigbo is one of the 12 players at Robert Morris Colonials The Robert Morris Colonials are the athletic teams for Robert Morris University, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The Colonials compete in NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision, FCS, formerly Division I-AA, in ... to average 500 career rebounds and 100 career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Jones
Nneka Jones is a Trinidadian artist and activist based in the United States. Her work uses embroidery and mixed media, and mainly focuses on social issues. In 2020, her artwork was on the cover of ''Time'' magazine. Life and career Jones was born in Trinidad and lived in the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She attended primary school at Newtown Girls’ RC and later attended Bishop Anstey High School. Jones studied art at the University of Tampa (UT). She credits an experimental painting class she took with Chris Valle at UT, in which she was told to "paint without paint," with inspiring her to use embroidery as a medium. She made artworks with thread and other materials in that class. In 2019, while still a student at UT, Jones won the Emerging Artist Award at the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. She graduated from the University of Tampa in 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a minor in marketing. She created a mixed media series of paintings titled ''Targets'', which u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Isaac Moses
Nneka Isaac Moses is a Nigerian presenter, fashion designer, and the co-founder and Managing director of the African cultural show Goge Africa. Early life Moses attended the University of Lagos The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is a Public university, public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria, which was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the education in Nigeria#First generation universities, first generation universities in ... from 1987 to 1990 where she obtained a bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature. In Surulere, Lagos, she established Akenn. G Limited, a fashion house where she produced costumes for motion pictures, TV commercials, and special events. Goge Africa Moses co-founded Goge Africa in 1999, alongside her husband Isaac, three years after their marriage. The program was first aired on October 1, to coincide with Nigeria's independence day. It is viewed by over 40 million people syndicated in 15 channels. The Goge Africa team have been t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Ogwumike
Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria "Nneka" Ogwumike (; born July 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks first overall in the 2012 WNBA draft and signed an endorsement deal with Nike, Inc., Nike soon after. Ogwumike spent 12 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, Sparks and was named WNBA Most Valuable Player Award, WNBA MVP for the 2016 WNBA season and won the WNBA Finals the same year. She was named to The W25, the league's list of the top 25 players of its first 25 years, in 2021. Her name "Nneka" means "Mother is Supreme" in Igbo language, the Igbo language of Nigeria - where her family hails from. She is the older sister of Chiney Ogwumike, the first overall pick in the 2014 WNBA draft, who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks, Sparks. She attended Cy-Fair High School in Cypress, Texas, Cypress, Texas and led them to a 5A State Championship in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Okpala
Nneka Okpala (born 27 April 1988) is a New Zealand athlete. She competes mainly in the triple jump. She has won the New Zealand women's triple jump competition five times and the Australian women's triple jump title once. Okpala's parents emigrated from Nigeria to New Zealand in 1987, and Okpala was born in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland the following year. She joined the Papatoetoe Athletics Club when she was 6 years old, and when she was 15 she started competing in the triple jump. Two years later she represented New Zealand at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics, 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in Morocco. The same year, she also represented New Zealand at the Sydney Youth Games. In 2015, she competed for New Zealand at the World University Games in Korea, finishing eighth in the triple jump, while studying at Monash University, Melbourne. Additionally in 2015, Okpala won the Essendon Athletics Club Athlete of the Year award and was named the Monash University Female Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Onuorah
Nneka Onuorah (born 1988) is an American director and producer. She is best known for her directorial debut, ''The Same Difference'' (2015), about Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities, gender roles in the Black lesbian community. She received a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program for her work on ''Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls''. Early life and education Onuorah was born in Queens, New York and raised in the LeFrak City neighborhood. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is African-American. She moved to Atlanta to live with her grandmother in fifth grade and moved back to Queens for high school. She studied dance at Broadway Dance Center, and later received her associate degree in psychology from LaGuardia Community College. Career In 2009, Onuorah did an internship at BET, and she was subsequently hired as a producer. She worked on ''Black Girls Rock!'' and various music documentaries. After six years, Onuorah left the net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Onyejekwe
Nneka Obiamaka Onyejekwe (born 18 August 1989 in Hațeg) is a Romanian professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for CS Volei Alba-Blaj and now plays for Dinamo Bucharest and the Romania national team. She was born in Hațeg to a Romanian mother and Nigerian father, both intellectuals, and was raised in Cluj-Napoca. One of her brothers, Chike, plays handball professionally. Honours Clubs * 2011, 2012, 2013 Swiss Championship – Champion, with Voléro Zürich * 2011, 2012, 2013 Swiss Cup – Champion, with Voléro Zürich * 2010, 2011 Swiss Super Cup – Champion, with Voléro Zürich * 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Romanian Championship – Champion, with Metal Galați * 2007, 2008, 2009 Romanian Cup – Champion, with Metal Galați * 2017–18 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with CSM Volei Alba Blaj Individual awards *'' 2017–18 CEV Champions League "Best Middle Blocker"'' * '' 2017 Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year'' * '' 2018 Romanian Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nneka Ukuh
Nneka Ukuh (born November 20, 1987) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event, and is best known for winning the gold medal for her native West African country at the 2003 All-Africa Games The 8th All Africa Games, also known as Abuja 2003, were held from 5–17 October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports. The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium. The organizing committee was headed by N .... Competition record External links IAAF Profile 1987 births Living people Nigerian female high jumpers African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
